Staff Picks: Cowboys and Rams

It's hard to believe but it took until Week 7 for everyone on the staff to have a winning record and for us to go 2-1 on consensus picks. Erickson won the week at 10-5, extending his lead to three games over DDD.

We have two consensus picks this week: the Cowboys and Rams. Mercifully, Pianow stopped us from having a Jaguars consensus and Stopa saved us from the Vikings.

Erickson

Pianowski

Liss

Stopa

Del Don

Panthers -6 at Buccaneers

Buccaneers

Buccaneers

Panthers

Panthers

Buccaneers

49ers -16.5 vs. Jaguars (in London)

Jaguars

49ers

Jaguars

Jaguars

Jaguars

Cowboys +3 at Lions

Cowboys

Cowboys

Cowboys

Cowboys

Cowboys

Giants +6 at Eagles

Giants

Giants

Giants

Eagles

Giants

Browns +7.5 at Chiefs

Chiefs

Chiefs

Browns

Chiefs

Chiefs

Dolphins +6.5 at Patriots

Patriots

Patriots

Dolphins

Dolphins

Patriots

Bills +11.5 at Saints

Bills

Bills

Saints

Bills

Bills

Jets +6.5 at Bengals

Bengals

Jets

Bengals

Jets

Jets

Steelers -2.5 at Raiders

Raiders

Raiders

Steelers

Raiders

Steelers

Redskins +12.5 at Broncos

Redskins

Redskins

Redskins

Broncos

Redskins

Falcons +2.5 at Cardinals

Cardinals

Falcons

Cardinals

Cardinals

Cardinals

Packers -9 at Vikings

Vikings

Vikings

Vikings

Packers

Vikings

Seahawks -10.5 at Rams

Rams

Rams

Rams

Rams

Rams

Best Bet

Patriots

Patriots

Cardinals

Panthers

Steelers

Last Week's Record

10-5

8-7

9-6

8-7

8-7

2013 Record

58-45-4

47-56-4

45-58-4

44-59-4

55-48-4

Best Bet Record

4-3

2-5

1-6

4-3

2-5

2013 Consensus Pick Record

8-16-2

2012 Record

110-140-6

124-126-6

121-129-6

143-107-6

123-127-6

2011 Record

121-128-7

134-115-7

124-125-7

123-126-7

127-122-7

2010 Record

129-122-5

134-117-5

126-125-5

136-115-5

134-117-5

2009 Record

123-130-3

132-121-3

131-122-3

130-123-3

126-127-3

2008 Record

132-114-10

128-118-10

124-122-10

125-121-10

130-116-10

2007 Record

127-120

118-129

127-120

N/A

130-117

2006 Record

118-129

N/A

139-108

N/A

N/A

2005 Record

121-126

N/A

127-120

N/A

N/A

2004 Record

124-124

N/A

130-118

N/A

N/A

2003 Record

121-126

118-129

124-123

N/A

N/A

2002 Record

113-136

123-126

141-108

N/A

N/A

2001 Record

124-113

117-120

118-119

N/A

N/A

2000 Record

123-117

134-106

141-99

N/A

N/A

Consensus Picks

This week we have two consensus picks: the Cowboys and the Rams. Last week we went 2-1 to put us at 8-16-2 on the season.

Comments:

Writer

Comment

Erickson

There are a lot of evil lines this week where I'm picking teams that leave me cold. Here's looking at you, state of Florida. My guess is one of those two first picks will be another damn consensus pick... The Raiders coming off the bye as a home dog were my begrudging second best bet. The Steelers are playing better than earlier this season, obviously, so this could come back to bite me, but I still think the Raiders are better than their public perception... I fear I'm just piling on the Dolphins right now with making the Pats my best bet, but they're a dumpster fire right now, especially on that offensive line.

Pianowski

If New England has another messy divisional loss, okay, I'll talk about the sky possibly falling. Not before.

Liss

I know Denver was crushing teams early, but this line ignores how its defense has played of late and RGIII's likely improved health. I also think it's a good time to sell the Falcons on the road against a Cards team with a decent defense.

Stopa

What better opportunity for the Bucs to lay a total stink-bomb for all the world to see than on national TV on Thursday night? The message will be clear: "Fire Coach Schiano." The Panthers have been killing the league's doormats and may be a bit underrated... I almost always bet against the Lions, a team that always seems to be smaller than the sum of its parts... The Bills should be getting less than 10, not more, particularly with Jimmy Graham hurt. The defense is underrated, as I explained in Run-N-Shoot... The Falcons looked good against a soft team like the Bucs, but the AZ defense is legit, while the Falcons defense is tissue-paper soft, just what Carson Palmer needs... Even though I like several of these picks, I'm still backing the Jaguars and Rams so, as my record attests, something is seriously wrong with me.

Del Don

Some of these spreads seem to be getting out of control, though it was tough backing some teams that look like true doormats... I made a last minute change both with the Vikings and Rams, so those two were my least confident picks... My teaser of the week is Chiefs and Patriots.